Injury discovery and documentation

Abstract

A method and apparatus for injury discovery and documentation includes a graphical touchscreen interface of the device operable to show a body image to allow a user to select an area of an injury on the body image and selectable indicia to allow a user to select a relative level of pain due to the injury. The injury information can then be provided for diagnosis and treatment. The device can also include an audio interface operable to determine a native language of the patient, and converse with the patient to ask the patient a set of questions relating to the area of the injury that are pre-stored in a memory of the device.

1 . A device for injury discovery and documentation, comprising:
 a graphical touchscreen interface of the device operable to show a body image to allow a user to select an area of an injury on the body image and a relative level of pain;   a processor coupled to the graphical touchscreen interface; and   means coupled to the processor for providing the injury information for diagnosis and treatment.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the graphical touchscreen interface is also operable to show selectable indicia to allow a user to select a relative level of pain. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising an audio interface operable to converse with a patient. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the processor and audio interface are operable to determine a native language of the patient. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein the processor and audio interface are operable to recognize the speech of the patient by collecting a speech sample of the patient and comparing the speech sample to known language samples pre-stored in a memory of the device. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the processor and audio interface are operable to converse with the patient and ask the patient a set of questions relating to the area of the injury that are pre-stored in a memory of the device. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 6 , wherein the processor, audio interface, and graphical touchscreen interface are operable to show a text of the questions and a translation of the questions on the graphical touchscreen interface. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the processor, audio interface, and graphical touchscreen interface are operable to show a text and a translation of the conversation on the graphical touchscreen interface. 
     
     
         9 . A device for injury discovery and documentation where a patient and technician are unable to converse, comprising:
 a graphical touchscreen interface of the device operable to show a body image to allow a user to select an area of an injury on the body image and selectable indicia to allow a user to select a relative level of pain due to the injury;   an audio interface operable to converse with a patient;   a processor coupled to the graphical and audio interfaces, wherein the processor and audio interface are operable to determine a native language of the patient and ask the patient a set of questions relating to the area of the injury that are pre-stored in a memory of the device; and   means coupled to the processor for providing the injury information for diagnosis and treatment.   
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein the processor, audio interface, and graphical touchscreen interface are operable to show a text of the questions and a translation of the questions on the graphical touchscreen interface. 
     
     
         11 . A method for injury discovery and documentation, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a device with a graphical touchscreen interface showing a body image to allow a user to select an area of an injury on the body image;   selecting an area of an injury on the body image and a relative level of pain; and   providing the injury information for diagnosis and treatment.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein providing includes providing selectable indicia to allow a user to select a relative level of pain. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein providing includes providing an audio interface for the device to converse with a patient. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising the step of determining a native language of the patient. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein determining includes recognizing the speech of the patient by collecting a speech sample of the patient and comparing the speech sample to known language samples pre-stored in the device. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising the step of the audio interface of the device conversing with the patient and asking the patient a set of pre-stored questions relating to the area of the injury. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the graphical touchscreen interface shows a text of the questions and a translation of the questions. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the graphical touchscreen interface shows a text and a translation of the conversation.